Shaft-tug



(No'ModeL) A D. GOETZ.

SHAFT TUG.

Patented May 26, 1896.

UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

ADAM D. GOETZ, OF CHARLESTOXVN, VEST VIRGINIA.

SHAFTI-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561 ,049, dated May 26,1896.

7 Application filed November 16, 1895. Serial N0. 569,211. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADAM D. GOETZ,-a citizen of the United States,residing at Charlestown, in the county of Jefferson, State of WVestVirginia, have invented certain new and usef Lil Improvements inShaft-Tugs, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to that class of devices known as shaft or thilltugs; and it has for its object, among others, to provide a simple andcheaply-constructed tug in which waste pieces of leather may be utilizedwithout adding materially to the labor involved, but adding to thestrength of the tug when completed. I construct the tug in sections,arranged so that the edge of the leather instead of the flat surfacesthereof is presented to the shaft, whereby liability to wear is re ducedand the life of the tug thereby increased.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which j Figure 1 shows in perspective one of thelayers or rings of which the tug is built up. Fig. 2 shows inperspective a portion of the central part of the tug composed of severalof these rings with their ends overlapped and all united together. Fig.3 is a perspective View of the outer facing or rings of the tug with aloop attached thereto. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of one of the outerrings, showing a tug applied thereto in a different manner. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the tug completed.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews.

In constructing my tug I take strips A, of leather, rawhide, or othersuitable material of the required length, and which may be cut fromwaste pieces which can thus be utilized, and these strips are then bentinto the required form, as seen in Fig. 1, their ends being compressedso that in their overlapped condition they are substantially of the samethickness as the remaining portion of the strip or loop thus formed. Asmany of these strips as are required for the thickness of the loop ortug when completed are bent into form and placed one upon the other, asseen in Fig. For the outer layer or facing of the tug I preferablyemploy loops B, as seen in Fig. 3, which are each cut out in a singlepiece and placed one upon each side of the central portion formed by theloops or strips A. The whole is then compressed and a single rivetpassed through the same at the point where the ends of the loops A areoverlapped. This rivet 0 (shown in Fig. 5) may be employed for holdingin position the buckle D on the tug, and at the diametrically oppositepoint the outer and intermediate loops may be-held together by the boltor rivet E, which serves to hold into position the loop F, to which isconnected the strap G, employed for holding the tug in position.

H is the loop or keeper, which may be formed of leather or metal andsewed or riveted to the outer portions B B of the tug. In Fig. at I haveshown the keeper H as of sheet metal and provided with serrated edges h,forming prongs or teeth, which are driven through the outer portions Bof the tug and clenched upon the inner faces thereof, as seen in Fig.4:. A tug thus constructed can be manufactured for much less than theprior forms, and as the leather is presented to the shaft edgewise itwill stand the wear much.

better, and hence will last a greater length of time. I have also foundthat a tug constructed in the manner above described is stronger thanwhen made of a single piece or when made with a number of pieces soarranged that the leather shall be presented to the shaft flatwise, inwhich latter case it soon becomes worn, so as not only to present anuncomely appearance, but to weaken the tug.

-The tug when completed should be dressed and polished, so as topractically cover and eliminate the joints between the several sectionsor loops at the edge, so that in general appearance it will look as ifformed .of a single piece, as illustrated in Fig. 5. The several layersconstituting the tug maybe cemented, pasted, nailed, riveted, orotherwise secured together before being placed-between the outer layers,and cement may be placed between these outer layers and the outer facesof the intermediate portion, so that when compressed they will formpractically a homogeneous mass.

A tug constructed in accordance with my invention, as above outlined,can be constructed for at least one-third less than the old forms; andwhen it is considered that it is much stronger, and consequently moredurable, and will last for a greater length of time, the advantagesthereof will be manifest. I may sometimes construct the inner loops of asingle piece stamped out the same as the loops B, instead of formingthem of strips A and overlapping their ends, as hereinbefore described,these loops being cemented or otherwise secured together and heldbetween the outer loops B B in the same manner as the loops formed bythe strips A.

\Vhat I claim as new is l. A shaft-tug composed of a plurality of layersof leather each of a single piece with its ends overlapped, and outerloops each of a single endless piece between which the intermediatepieces are secured and the whole adapted for use with the edges of saidpieces presented to the shaft, substantially as specilied.

2. A shaft-tug composed of a plurality of layers of leather each of asingle piece with its ends overlapped, and outer loops each of a singleendless piece between which the intermediate pieces are secured and thewhole adapted for use with the edges of said pieces presented to theshaft, and a buckle mounted on the bolt that secures all of said piecesto gether, substantially as specified.

3. Ashaft-tug composed of strips of leather arranged in loop form withtheir ends overlapped and compressed, said loops being socured together,and outer facing-loops riveted to the intermediate strip-loops,substantially as specified.

4. Ashaft-tug composed of strips of leather arranged in loop form withtheir ends overlapped and compressed, said loops being socured together,outer facing-loops riveted to the intermediate strip-loops, and a keepersecured to the outer loops of the tug, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my sigmtture in presence of two witnesses.

ADAM fl). GOlC'lZ.

\Vitnesses:

THOMAS PERRY LIPPITT, IIITE XVATsoN.

